House of Dark Desires
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | House of Dark Desires |
| Original title | En face |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mathias Ledoux |
| script | Valérie Guignabodet |
| production |
Claude Carrère Guillaume Godard Patrick Gouyou-Beauchamps Thierry Peronne |
| camera | Stéphane Le Parc |
| cut | Jean-Pierre Balesi |
| occupation | |
| |
House of Dark Desires is a 2000 French thriller.
action
The married couple Jean and Michelle unexpectedly inherit a large villa opposite their current apartment. They didn't even know the owner of the villa, who recently passed away. They move to the villa and meet Clémence, played by Christine Boisson , the housekeeper of the previous owner. According to the will, they have to keep Clémence busy. Their payment is provided.
Little by little, mysterious things happen. The police appear and tell the couple that the previous owner of the villa may have been poisoned. Jean finds nude photos of his wife and later a video showing Michelle with other men. Your dog is being poisoned. The couple and the servants are becoming increasingly estranged. Clémence plans to kill Michelle and threatens her with the gun. In the following physical arguments, Clémence collides with a large mirror. This breaks and Clémence dies from serious cuts. When Jean comes home, he doesn't want to believe his wife that she was attacked. Jean calls the police and explicitly speaks of murder. Michelle shoots Jean several times with Clémence's gun, but only so that he can hang up the phone. Jean gives the address and ends the call. After Michelle emptied the magazine, she flees from her husband. Jean suspects his wife of having slept with another man. In search of the truth, Jean, who works as a writer, finds out that Michelle actually slept with another man, but not for her own pleasure: Michelle did it with Jeans Publisher to support her husband's career. Jean forgives his wife. Eventually the police reach the house and look for Michelle. It comes to the finale, where it becomes apparent that Clémence is behind the mysterious events and also murdered the previous owner because she felt drawn to Jean and hoped to win him over by inheriting.
Reviews
“Thriller with erotic accessories, which admittedly takes up all the patterns of enigma within the framework of the usual entanglements, but remains just as implausible as it is rigid and sterile. Instead of crackling tension, it tends to develop into well-tended boredom. "
background
The film was not released in theaters in Germany. The premiere took place on February 9, 2000 in France, the German premiere took place on ZDF on July 23, 2001. ZDF Enterprises lists the film in its German-language program distribution catalog.
Web links
- House of dark desires in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ House of Dark Desires. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed April 10, 2017 .
- ↑ House of Dark Desires ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at ZDF Enterprises
